Nuggets (116) vs Pelicans (105) · Jan 28, 2022 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Jan 28, 2022

27-21DenverNuggets

116

18-30New OrleansPelicans

105

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	26	24	36	30	116
NOP	17	31	30	27	105

Game Recap

Led by Nikola Jokics 29 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, the Nuggets defeated the Pelicans, 116-105. This is Jokics 12th triple-double of the season and 69th of his career. Aaron Gordon added 20 points for the Nuggets in the victory, while Nickeil Alexander-Walker tallied 18 points and four assists for the Pelicans in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 27-21 on the season, while the Pelicans fall to 18-30.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
50Aaron GordonSF	31	8-18	2-8	2-2	4	2	1	0	4	0	+10	20
32Jeff GreenPF	20	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	2	+4	2
15Nikola JokicC	30	11-19	3-6	4-4	13	10	2	0	6	5	+15	29
25Austin RiversSG	35	4-6	2-4	2-2	1	1	3	1	3	1	+19	12
11Monte MorrisPG	33	5-11	1-4	2-2	8	8	0	1	0	1	+11	13
6Bryn Forbes	25	5-11	2-4	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	2	-2	14
22Zeke Nnaji	16	5-5	1-1	0-1	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	11
7Facundo Campazzo	6	0-1	0-1	3-4	0	1	0	0	3	1	-3	3
3Bones Hyland	24	2-4	1-3	1-2	3	4	1	1	2	5	-4	6
4DeMarcus Cousins	11	1-7	0-2	4-4	7	2	1	1	2	3	0	6
JaMychal Green	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+5	0
00Markus Howard	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Davon Reed	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	41-8250.0%	12-3336.4%	22-2588.0%	43	29	9	4	21	22	-	116

PELICANS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41Garrett TempleSF	23	0-5	0-4	0-0	1	3	5	0	0	1	-9	0
5Herbert JonesPF	36	7-13	1-4	4-4	7	3	5	0	1	3	-9	19
9Willy HernangomezC	32	5-14	0-2	8-10	16	3	1	3	1	1	-6	18
3Josh HartSG	36	6-13	1-4	3-4	8	2	1	0	3	2	-11	16
4Devonte' GrahamPG	33	4-12	1-6	6-6	3	5	1	0	3	2	+3	15
10Jaxson Hayes	15	6-8	0-0	1-1	3	1	0	0	2	3	-5	13
6Nickeil Alexander-Walker	33	5-14	2-8	6-6	3	4	0	1	3	2	-1	18
15Jose Alvarado	14	1-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	3	-14	2
8Naji Marshall	11	1-4	0-3	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	2	-1	4
12Gary Clark	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
31Tomas Satoransky	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	35-9038.9%	5-3414.7%	30-3390.9%	43	23	14	4	13	19	-	105

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENNOP

(12:00) Jump Ball Hernangomez vs. Jokic: Tip to Je. Green
(11:41) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (11:19) Graham 18' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Hart 1 AST)
02
+2 (11:01) Morris 22' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
22
(10:52) Graham Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:38) MISS Rivers 3PT Jump Shot
(10:33) Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:25) Jokic S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (10:25) Hernangomez Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
23
+1 (10:25) Hernangomez Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
24
(10:15) Graham S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (10:15) Rivers Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
34
+1 (10:15) Rivers Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
44
(9:55) MISS Hernangomez 5' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(9:53) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:42) Rivers Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:42) Temple STEAL (1 STL)
(9:35) MISS Jones 3PT Jump Shot
(9:31) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (9:29) Graham 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Temple 1 AST)
47
+2 (9:13) Gordon 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
67
(9:07) MISS Jones 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:03) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:49) MISS Gordon 8' Turnaround Jump Shot
(8:46) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:45) MISS Jones 3' Layup
(8:45) Rivers BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:42) Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:41) MISS Temple 3PT Jump Shot
(8:39) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(8:27) MISS Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:25) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(8:20) MISS Hart 5' Driving Layup
(8:20) Morris BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:19) PELICANS Rebound
+2 (8:09) Jones 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Graham 1 AST)
69
(7:56) MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:53) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(7:48) Jokic Violation:Kicked Ball (B.Barnaky)
(7:39) Morris S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
+1 (7:39) Graham Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
610
+1 (7:39) Graham Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
611
(7:26) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
(7:13) MISS Hernangomez 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:09) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:03) Jokic 4' Hook Shot (2 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
811
(6:49) Hart Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(6:49) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:47) Gordon 2' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
1011
(6:47) Temple S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
(6:47) PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (6:47) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
1111
(6:27) MISS Graham 19' Pullup Jump Shot
(6:23) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(6:16) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T4)
(6:16) Jones STEAL (1 STL)
(6:10) MISS Temple 3PT Jump Shot
(6:06) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:02) Jokic 2' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
1311
(5:38) MISS Jones 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:37) Nuggets Rebound
(5:37) Hernangomez L.B.FOUL (P1.T3) (N.Sago)
+2 (5:24) Gordon Alley Oop Dunk (7 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1511
(5:09) MISS Graham 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:04) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:59) MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:57) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:51) Hart 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
1513
+2 (4:40) Gordon 1' Cutting Layup Shot (9 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1713
(4:29) Graham Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
(4:16) Gordon Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T5)
(3:58) MISS Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:51) Forbes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:41) MISS Forbes 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(3:40) Nuggets Rebound
(3:40) Hayes L.B.FOUL (P1.T4) (P.Ransom)
(3:37) Hayes P.FOUL (P2.PN) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (3:37) Campazzo Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1813
+1 (3:37) Campazzo Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1913
(3:10) MISS Hart 2' Driving Layup
(3:07) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
+2 (3:02) Jokic 2' Driving Layup (6 PTS) (Campazzo 1 AST)
2113
(3:02) Alvarado S.FOUL (P1.PN) (N.Sago)
+1 (3:02) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
2213
+2 (2:47) Hayes 1' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
2215
(2:37) Alexander-Walker S.FOUL (P1.PN) (P.Ransom)
(2:37) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:37) MISS Hyland Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:37) Nuggets Rebound
+1 (2:37) Hyland Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2315
(2:24) MISS Alvarado 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:19) Hayes REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (2:13) Alexander-Walker 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
2317
(2:04) Jones P.FOUL (P1.PN) (P.Ransom)
(2:04) MISS Campazzo Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:04) Nuggets Rebound
+1 (2:04) Campazzo Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
2417
(1:57) Cousins P.FOUL (P1.T3) (P.Ransom)
(1:49) MISS Clark 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:46) Alvarado REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:45) MISS Alvarado 2' Reverse Layup
(1:43) Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:31) Cousins Offensive Charge Foul (P2) (P.Ransom)
(1:31) Cousins Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T6)
(1:18) MISS Hayes 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(1:18) Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:18) Marshall P.FOUL (P1.PN) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (1:18) Cousins Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2517
+1 (1:18) Cousins Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2617
(1:04) MISS Marshall 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:01) Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:52) MISS Cousins 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:48) Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:39) MISS Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:36) Nuggets Rebound
(0:21) Campazzo Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T7)
(0:04) MISS Alvarado 3' Driving Layup
(0:04) Hyland BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:04) PELICANS Rebound
(0:04) MISS Clark 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:02) Nnaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:01) Nnaji Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T8)
(0:01) Alvarado STEAL (1 STL)
(0:00) MISS Alvarado 3' Layup
(0:00) PELICANS Rebound

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4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

NOP

116Points105

41-82(50.0%)Field Goal(%)35-90(38.9%)

12-33(36.4%)3-Point(%)5-34(14.7%)

22-25(88.0%)Free Throw(%)30-33(90.9%)

43(9)Rebounds(Offensive)43(14)

29Assists23

9Steals14

4Blocks4

21Turnovers13

22Fouls19

46Pts In The Paint56

14Fast Break Pts7

22Pts Off Turnovers26

40Bench Pts37

16Largest Lead5

Game Details

Friday, January 28, 2022 · 8:00 PM

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